The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-07-16
NO. 2o
STATE NEWS.

1 iuLl IOtcF, hAKthB Y quauNity ~ su&W
house worka very unU6ual thing
thus early in the season,
A severe rain and hail storm visited
the Hnckaby neighborhood il Black
bayou country, in the parish Of Caddo,
last week. The folds Of corn aud cot
ton and She fruit aud other trees IN
the path of the storm were rlddled
with hail stones, many being as large
as hen eggs.
Washington ArgaS Our late
townaman, George D. Films, sold dur
ing the past week, 3os5 acres Of land
belonging to Mrs, 3, A. MiIlaFd, Of
Grand Gotcau. and situated near
Welsh, ii Caleasieu parish. The
price paid was s1o,8oO, aud the pur-
chaser was Robert Hall, Of Cherokee,
Iowa, who will romove to and eultiv
ate the place,
The stockholders Of the Rayne Rice
Mill and Manufacturing Company, al
a meeting held on The 4th mss, in-
strueted the president to contract for
the delivery Of the lumber for the
building within 30 days. Mr., Al ri
Kip was elected superintendent and
instructed to Immediately make ar
raugements for the necessary maehlnf
cry for the mill
Baton Rouge Capitoltaa- Aaqoeaie <
BobtaiI juries have done a great deal
during the recent term Of The district
court at Nav Iberia TO clear the docket
Of petty offenses II was noted ID this
parish last term Of court that the bob
tail jury caught the petty offender
nearly every time, Chicken thieves and
garden truck pullers have a decided
distaste for the bobtail jury
Alexandria Democrat Our com
press is assured thanks 10 our liberal
and enterprising citizens, And We
are not satisfied yet, We want three
Or four more railroads, one ~ two
factories, an oil mill, leo works, street
railroad, electric lights, and all such
things. And will We have them, gen-
lie reader you ask, Why, certainly;
and population Of ton thousand 10
three years, We are just started
clear the track,
A lady in Virginia writes to tho
Shreveport Journal inqairing about a
widow lady named Mrs Tomkins,
who had charge Of Capt, Places or
phRp children in New Orleans during
the war when Ben Butler took possess
ion Of that city, The writer states
thatthe last she heard from her she
had removed to Shreveport or some
where iu that nejghbeghpod, Any one
knowing the whereabouts Of Mrs.
Tomkins will confer favor BY ad-
dressing the editor Of the Joltraal,
Shreveport, La,
Houma Courier The captain of
the u. s. dFedgehoat informs Us that
there remains on hand to the credit Of
the fund appropriated for dredging
Of our bayou, on duRe lst, $4,000
The boat advances about $50 TO 200
feet per day, and with the money now
on hand the captain hopes to reach
Houma, II about three weeks, bar
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slFaighten the stream,
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convicted at THIS place ~ 1854 OF thp
murder Of sheFltt Lont ~ Many on the
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